نأى

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Arabic

Root
ن ء ي (n ʔ y)
3 terms

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /na.ʔaː/

Verb

نَأَى (naʔā) I (non-past يَنْأَى (yanʔā), verbal noun نَأْي (naʔy))

  1. to be distant, to be far (عَن (ʕan) / بـ (b-) from)
    • 12th Century CE, Ibn al-Farid, أدِرْ ذِكْرَ مَن أهْوى ولو بمَلامِ:
      لِيَشْهَدَ سَمْعِي مَنْ أُحِبُّ وَإِن نَأَى بِطَيْفِ مَلَامٍ لَا بِطَيْفِ مَنَامِ
      liyašhada samʕī man ʔuḥibbu waʔin naʔā biṭayfi malāmin lā biṭayfi manāmi
      In order that my hearing witnesses one whom I love, and if he is distant from vision of admonishment not from vision of dream

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